- Britain escorts Russian ship near national waters amid strained relations (reuters.com)
12/26/2017
- Egypt executes 15 convicted Sinai militants (dw.com)
12/26/2017
- Israel in talks with more than 10 countries over Jerusalem embassy move (nypost.com)
12/26/2017
- Canada to expel senior Venezuelan diplomat, bar return of ambassador in tit-for-tat move (theglobeandmail.com)Venezuelans scramble as merchants demand dollars (reuters.com)Brazil expels Venezuela’s most senior diplomat (bbc.com)
12/26/2017
- New clashes after Peru ex-president is pardoned (bbc.com)Fujimori asks for forgiveness, thanks Kuczynski for pardon (reuters.com)
12/26/2017
- Russian warships escorted by UK frigate in North Sea (bbc.com)
12/26/2017
- Russian officials block top Putin critic from presidential bid (thehill.com)Kremlin suggests opponent Navalny's calls to boycott election 'are breaking the law' (dw.com)
12/26/2017
- In traditional Christmas Day ‘Urbi et Orbi” speech, Pope laments ‘winds of war’ and calls for peace for Jerusalem (foxnews.com)
12/25/2017
- Kabul spy HQ attacked by suicide bomber (dw.com)Afghan border forces personnel suffer heavy casualties in separate Helmand bombing (khaama.com)
12/25/2017
- Lebanese PM Hariri ‘pressured to resign’ by the Saudis in mysterious November episode (aljazeera.com)
12/25/2017





